All Chapters of Loving Luna : Chapter 161 - Chapter 170

Silas stared at Adrian, his mind reeling as if Adrian had just spoken a language he no longer understood. "You're wrong," he insisted. Adrian's expression remained calm. "I wish I were.""My family served as Editors for generations," Silas explained. "We recorded bloodlines, preserved histories, and protected information the Circle considered dangerous.""Yes," Adrian replied, "because that was the safest way to hide what your family had been before the Circle even existed."Silas shook his head. "The human witnesses disappeared centuries ago.""They were supposed to disappear," Adrian countered. "Instead, they changed their name, surrendered their title, and allowed the Circle to believe the line had ended."Darius watched Silas closely. "Would your family have known?""My parents never mentioned anything like this," Silas said.Adrian gave him a tired look. "Perhaps because knowing was dangerous. The Circle had an impressive habit of killing people who remembered the wrong things."

The golden shape hovering above the lake swirled through the chamber, countless memories flickering within it like reflections trapped in shattered glass. Luna could see human faces flicker in and out of existence, hands building shelters, children learning to speak, hunters crafting tools, healers grinding herbs, and families gathered around fires that had burned for millennia before Blackwood was even a whisper.Senna stood beneath it all, arms outstretched, her white eyes blazing as the mountain rumbled around her.Darius gently pulled Luna back from the edge of the island. “Silas, I’m guessing this drastically changes our deal.”“You could say that,” Silas replied.Kael drew both his knives, though his gaze remained fixed on the colossal entity above them. “Just so we’re all on the same page, I realize stabbing this ancient collection of stolen memories probably won’t work.”Onyx appeared beside him. “That might be the first sensible thing you’ve said all day.”“I’m offended by ho

They rolled into Blackwood after sunset and saw the gates were just… open. That freaked Darius out way more than if they'd been shut tight. There were no guards on the walls, no torches lit over the entrance, and the warning bells had gone quiet after those three notes they'd heard from the northern ridge. The town beyond looked almost deserted, though you could see fires flickering here and there between the damaged buildings.Darius practically jumped off his horse before it had even fully stopped. "Rhea!"No answer. Luna slid up beside him, while Aurora and Onyx went in first, staying low and alert, sniffing the air. Varro followed, but some of the wild wolves with him hung back outside the gate, not keen on entering human territory after finding traps marked with Blackwood symbols near their lands.Theron eyed the empty watchtower. "My Wardens will secure the road."Darius turned. "Nobody attacks the wild packs.""They've got the same orders.""Good."Theron hesitated. "Darius, wh

The memory pillar went completely blank. Not broken, not shattered, just empty, as if thousands of names had never been carved there at all. Luna watched the smooth stone as the woman lowered her hand. The underground chamber fell silent, and even the wolves seemed unsure if they were facing an enemy or something the old network itself had been programmed to obey.Darius still lay on the floor, Cassian cradled in his arms, his hands slick with blood. “Helena,” he rasped. “Help him.”Helena moved instantly. The silver-haired woman didn't intervene as Helena pressed both hands to Cassian’s wound. Rhea tried to get up, but Luna kept an arm around her until she felt steady. Silas’s eyes never left the stranger. “You should be dead.”The woman offered a faint smile. “That sentence has become rather meaningless lately.”“Who is she?” Luna asked. Silas took a few seconds to answer. “Her name was removed from every record I ever saw. The Editors called her the First Erasure.”The woman’s smil

The lights beyond the western mountains kept appearing, making the horizon look like someone had scattered stars across the earth. Nobody in Blackwood felt like celebrating, though. Malric stood by Luna, clutching an old book to his chest, his fragmented memories of Eliane still trickling back. Meanwhile, Darius watched the distant lights, his expression suggesting he was calculating how many new disasters could possibly fit into a single night.“So, what exactly is waking up?” Darius asked.Malric took a moment before replying. “People the Circle erased when keeping them alive became more useful than killing them.”Silas spun around. “Erased how?”“Preserved bodies, suppressed memories, identities severed. Eliane found hints about a western facility years ago, but the records were spotty because even the Editors weren't supposed to know about it.”Silas looked a bit put out, despite the gravity of the situation. “Apparently, no one trusted Editors with anything important.”Kael adjus